“Mukamva nyimbo yolembedwa m’njira imene simunaimvepo, kapena mukaona chithunzi chimene chajambulidwa m’njira yoti ‘wow, sindinkaganiza kuti kaonekedwe kameneka ndi mtundu umenewu ungagwirizane,’ imatsegula danga mu malingaliro anu ndi moyo wanu lomwe liri lofanana ndi kukula. Mumatenga kukulitsa kumeneko ndikuzigwiritsa ntchito pa china chilichonse, ndipo ngati mumangoganizira mozama mwanjira imeneyi, ndiye kuti kusintha kumachitika. ”
Atero Alexei Saba Mohajerjasbi-wodziwika bwino kuti Sabzi, DJ komanso wopanga gulu la Seattle based hip-hop duo Blue Scholars. Kutsegula malo ndi kupewa msonkhano kwakhala mbali ya gulu la MO Chimake cha nyimbo zawo—kugunda kwamphamvu kwa Sabzi, kugunda kwa ubongo komanso kwa George “Geologic” Quibuyen, kaperekedwe kozizira, kowerengeredwa—nthawi zonse kwakhala kopambana kuposa rap “zandale” zambiri. M'zinthu zomwe nthawi zambiri zimakhala zodziwikiratu, Akatswiri sakonda kuthandizidwa pakona.
Ndiye sizodabwitsa kuti itakwana nthawi yotulutsa EP yawo yatsopano, OOF!, Akatswiriwo anasankha kalembedwe kameneka, kopanda mwambo. Kandani izo-ndizotsutsa kwambiri zachikhalidwe. “Ndizoposa EP,” akufotokoza motero Sabzi. "Ndiko kuyesa kwamitundu yambiri, kosiyanasiyana."
Zonsezi OOF! phukusi lomwe likupezeka patsamba lawo silikungotsitsa nyimbo 12 zokha, koma chithunzi chojambulidwa ndi wojambula zithunzi Aaron “Angry Woebots” Martin, t-sheti, ndi vidiyo ya wotsogolera wamkulu wa gululi “HI-808 ” adawomberedwa ndi magulu atolankhani aku Hawai'i Kai Media ndi Honozooloo.
Sabzi amafulumira kunena kuti chilichonse mwa izi ndi gawo lofanana la polojekitiyi, aliyense wa ogwira nawo ntchito osiyanasiyana akubwera ndi mawu ofanana. Njirayi ndi yotsitsimula. Kaŵirikaŵiri, njira zosiyanasiyana zosonyezera kulenga zimadzipeza kukhala zogaŵanika ndi zolekanitsidwa kwa wina ndi mzake: “nyimbo ziribe kanthu kochita ndi filimu,” “ndakatulo ilibe chochita ndi kujambula,” ndi zina zotero.
Kwa Blue Scholars, njira yotereyi ikuwoneka ngati yokhazikika, yosakhala yachilengedwe. Khoma lachitsulo lomwe limapachikidwa pakati pa njira iliyonse yopangira luso likuwoneka kuti likuwonetsa momwe anthu alili, malinga ndi Sabzi, "osiyana kwambiri - tili ndi mizere yambiri ndi mabokosi ojambulidwa pakati pa wina ndi mnzake komanso mozungulirana osati kuyambitsa kusiyana." Ndipo pomwe ojambula osiyanasiyana omwe adasonkhana ku OOF! ali amitundu yosiyanasiyana, onse amalumikizana pamutu umodzi.
Mutu umenewo ndi—ndipo apa pakubwera mpira wina wokhotakhota—Hawai'i. Koma omvera amene akuyembekezera nkhani zongopeka chabe za anthu ochita mafunde osambira komanso mitengo ya kanjedza yomwe ikugwedezeka ndi mphepo yamkuntho ali ndi chinthu chinanso chomwe chikubwera. Nyimbo zojambulidwa ndi Geologic-omwe anakulira kumeneko pamene abambo ake anali ku Navy-ndizowona mtima za anthu. Poperekedwa ndi nthabwala zanzeru komanso mosabisa, nyimbo zake zimayenda movutikira ndi zovuta za anthu a pachilumbachi, ndikudutsa chithunzithunzi chopukutidwa cha paradiso cha mapositikhadi onyezimira miliyoni miliyoni:
“Ayi, sikukuyenda pagombe
Chifukwa chake musabwere mukuganiza kuti zoyipa ndizotsekemera kuposa mtengo wanzimbe
Chifukwa mikwingwirima ikagwa, brah, osandiimba mlandu
Ndipo tsopano mukufuna kutukwana ngati Interstate 3
Newsflash jerk: Hawai'i si mfulu
Ndipo ndinalumbira pa tsiku limene ndinakhala emcee
Osanena zomwe ndiyenera kuyankhula"
Geo samangoganizira mozama mawu ake. Ponseponse OOF! amalankhula za kudziyimira pawokha kwa ku Hawaii komanso kumenyedwa kwakukulu kwa Seattle momasuka mofanana ndi ma barbecue akuseri ndi nyimbo za rap.
Momwemonso, ma beats a Sabzi amalumikizana ndi kutsitsimuka komwe kumawonetsa chibadwa kuposa china chilichonse. Akuwoneka wodabwitsidwa kwenikweni ndikamuuza kuti kupanga kwake kumamveka ngati Hawaii. “Sindikufuna kunena kuti inde, koma sindikufunanso kukana. Ndikunena kuti mwachibwana, ndikamvetsera filimuyo ndikuganiza kuti ulendo wathu wopita ku Hawaii, zikugwirizana.
Sabzi mwina sankadziwa kwambiri za izi, koma tanthauzo lake lilipo, kuyambira pa chiwalo cha Hammond chamadzi mpaka pamagitala opumira pang'ono komanso kulira kwa ng'oma. Ndikumva kudabwa kwa Sabzi ndikukumbutsidwa mawu ochokera kwa malemu, Joe Strummer: "Zikuwoneka kwa ine kuti chiyambi mwina ndi chibadwa, osati nzeru."
Zowonadi, pali zambiri za EP iyi yomwe ili yokhazikika mwachilengedwe-zonse zomwe zili ndi mawonekedwe. Mbiri yake ya Blue Scholars ndi imodzi mwakupeza mfundo zopanda malire zomwe nyimbo ndi zolimbikitsa zimawombana. Nyimbo zakale zafika pamitu ngati Nkhondo ku Seattle ndi kulanda kwa Iraq m'njira yomwe imakhudzana ndi zomwe munthu wakumana nazo ndi zigawenga zodziwika bwino. Kuyambira 2002 atenga chiwonetsero chawo chamoyo osati panjira ndi machitidwe ngati Kanye West ndi De La Soul, komanso kukonzekeretsa misonkhano, malo a achinyamata amdera komanso zionetsero za Meyi 1 za "Tsiku Lopanda Mlendo".
Chifukwa chake ndi koyenera kuti popeza forum ya projekiti yolakalaka ngati OOF!, Blue Scholars idalambalala bizinesi yodziwika bwino kwambiri. "Zowonadi, ngati muli ndi thumba lalikulu la zolemba zojambulira chilichonse mwazinthu izi," a Sabzi akudziimitsa, "chabwino, mwina sangathandizirepo chifukwa samvetsetsa luso lamtunduwu."
Zowona bwanji! Chidziwitso chodziwika bwino cha schematiki ndi chimodzi chomwe mawu amawunikiridwa kwa wojambula. Ngati simukuzikonda, mumagunda msewu. "Mu mgwirizano umenewo, chizindikirocho chimathera-chifukwa cha ndalama zopangira ndi umwini wa njira zopangira ndi jazz yonseyo-kukhala ndi gawo lalikulu kwambiri mu chiyanjano. Ngati titi tisayine mapangano omwe tikupatsidwa ndi ena mwa zilembo izi, titha kusintha zina.
Kupereka ulamuliro ku chizindikiro chachikulu kungakhale ndi zotsatira zambiri kuposa nyimbo yomweyi. “Mtundu wodzilamulira womwe ndimafuna pakampani yanyimbo, mwachitsanzo, ndikuvomereza kuwonongera—ndi kugawa—zinthu zotsatsira. Imeneyi ndi nkhani yofunika kwambiri ngati munthu amene akuwayang’anirayo wachotsedwa pachikhalidwe chawo m’madera amene akuwalimbikitsa—zimene zimatero nthaŵi zambiri.”
Sizotsimikizirika kuti mzimu wosagwedezeka wa Akatswiri, wodziimira payekha ukhoza kuthetsedwa ndi kulemera kwa chizindikiro chachikulu. Koma bwanji kutenga mwayi? Kugawa kwa mtundu wocheperako wa CD wa OOF! idzatengedwa ndi Duck Down Entaprizez, ngakhale momwe gululo linanena kuti gulu silinasaine ku Duck Down. M'malo mwake, a Blue Scholars adabweretsa mawuwo ku Duck Down, ndipo Duck Down adasaina kwa iwo. Zambiri mwazothandizira zomwe zalembedwazo zikuchokeranso ku Caffé Vita, nyumba ya khofi yochokera ku Seattle yomwe imadziwika bwino m'derali chifukwa cha bizinesi yomwe ikupita patsogolo. Pamapeto pake, ndalama zomwe zili mu mgwirizano wapadera umenewu zimasiya ndi ojambula okha.
Zaka khumi zapitazo, pulojekiti yamtundu wotereyi sikanakhala yotheka-osachepera ngati wojambulayo akufuna kuti awonekere kwa anthu ambiri. Ngakhale sanakhalepo wamkulu, a Blue Scholars sanakhale ndi vuto lopeza mafani. Kutulutsidwa kwawo kwa 2007 Bayani (yomwe idatulutsidwa posachedwapa mu redux ndi Duck Down) mpaka pano idasuntha mayunitsi opitilira 20,000-chiwerengero chochititsa chidwi cha kutulutsidwa kwa indie-ndipo gululi lapeza kutsatira mokhulupirika zaka zingapo zapitazi. Panthawi yomwe palibe phokoso limodzi lomwe likulamulira hip-hop komanso kukopa kwa zilembo zazikulu zikuwoneka kuti zikufalikira, anthu ambiri akuyamba kumvetsera uthenga wa Scholars wokhudza umunthu.
Ngati panali mwayi woti malo atsopano atsegulidwe, ndi izi. Sabzi anati: “Dziko laipa kwambiri kuposa kale lonse, ndipo zinthu zikuipiraipira.” Ngati pali chilichonse chomwe chimafotokoza mwachidule malingaliro ake, ndikuyembekeza:
“Masiku ano, ana amene amaoneka kuti akukopeka n’ngoganiza zamtsogolo… Zili ngati amakonda chirichonse, komabe iwo sakugula ndi kugulitsa pa nthawi yomweyo. Ndikuphunzira kwa iwo ndikuyesera kuyika izo mu zomwe timachita. "
Zoonadi, pali mwayi wochuluka wophunzirira kuchokera kumalingaliro ndi zochitika za wina ndi mnzake kuposa kale. Ngati pali china chake chabwinoko, ndiye kuti kukambirana koteroko sikungokhala koyenera - ndi kofunikira. Pamapeto pake, iwo adzakhala opambana ngati ali mtundu wa malingaliro omwe amatha kuswa malire ndikukokera anthu palimodzi. Ndipo ngati atha kubweza mphamvu zomwe zikuyenda, zili bwino.
Alexander Billet, mtolankhani wanyimbo komanso womenyera ufulu wokhala ku Chicago, amayendetsa blog Rebel Frequencies (http://rebelfrequencies.blogspot.com) ndipo ndi wolemba nkhani wa SleptOn Magazine ndi Society of Cinema and Arts. Nkhani zake zawonekeranso mu Socialist Worker, CounterPunch, ZNet, PopMatters.com, MR Zine ndi Razorcake.org. Iye akhoza kufikiridwa pa [imelo ndiotetezedwa].
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